Auto camp table



H. B. SMITH AUTO- CAMP HIABLE March 19, 1929.

Filed July 21, 1926 Patented Mar. 19, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,706,192 PATENT OFFICE.

HUGH B. SMITH, 0F SAWTELLE, CALIFORNIA.

AUTO CAMP TABLE.

Application filed July 21,

My invention is an auto camp table of a folding type, having a folding framework with legs and a top which may be rolled, the rolled top enclosing the legs, forming a convenient package.

nn object of my invention Is to form an auto camp table in which a framework havin folded legs may be compactly folded and enclosed in the table top which is made of slats with a tape securing the slats together so that these may be wound around the folded frame and legs. I

In constructing my invention I utilize metal angles forming a frame and having cross bars holding the frame the proper distance apart. The legs are forn'ied of channel shaped strips of metal connected together by a pivot pin and having the channel warped at one end so that one flange is much longer than the other and the web at an angle, thus allowing the legs to have a snug fit against each other and to give sufficient bearing for pivot pins securing the legs to the frame. These fold up inside of the two angles forming the frame.

My invention will be more readily understood from the following description and drawings, in which;

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the table in its expanded position;

Fig.2 is perspective view of the framing with the folding legs, the top being removed;

Fig. 3 is a vertical cross section on the line 3 3 of. Fig. 2 in the direction of the arrows Fig. 4 is an end view with the frame bars drawn together and each pair of legs in alinemcnt before the legs are folded into the fran'iework 5 is a detail sgction on the line 55 of Fig. 1 in the direction of the arrows;

6 is an underneath view of the table top showing the manner of attaching the slats to a tape;

Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the framework with the legs folded;

Fig. 8 is a perspective view of the folded table top;

Fig. 9 is a detail cross section through the folded table top and the folded frame legs.

The framing supporting the table and the leg construction is substantially as follows having reference particularly to Figs. 2 to 5:

Frame bars 1 and 2 formed of angles each having a long flange 3 and a short flange 4 at 1926. Serial No. 123,946.

an acute angle to each other, have legs 5 attached thereto. These le s are each formed of a channel having aweb 6 and flanges 7. The legs are connected together by a pivot pin 8, the back of the webs abutting against each other. The channel is warped so that the flanges at the top are of different length than at the bottom so that there is a long flange 9 and a short flange 10, the web at the top being at an angle as indicated by the numeral 11. Pivot pins 12 extend through the long flanges of the legs connecting-same to the long flange 3 of the frame bars 1.

The table is braced by cross bars 13 which are pivotally connected by pins let each to the flange 4 of one of the frame bars and a pin 15 on the other frame bar engages in a slot 16 in the bars, thus holding the frame bars spread apart and the legs opened up the desired distance.

Diagonal braces 17 are secured by hooks 18 fitting in holes in the long flanges 3 of the frame bars and have an eye 19 engaging in an eye 20 which is formed on the inner end of the pivot pin 8.

The table top designated by the numeral 21 is formed of individual slats, there being narrow slats 22 and wide slats 23, these slats being connected together by tapes 2% secured to the slats by staples 25. These staples are driven through the tape into the slats at a distance from the edge of the slats and the staples are then bent over as indicated by the numeral 26 so that their ends are adjacent the edges of the slats, thereby holding the tape in close engagement with the slats, close to the edges of each slat. This construction allows the table top to he rolled and both the narrow and the wide slats increase in width from one side so that the top may be folded in the position shown in Fig. 9.

The manner of folding the frame and legs is as follows:

The diagonal braces 17 are unhooked from the longitudinal bars 1 and fit snugly'into the channel of the inner leg members, being attached to the eyes 19. The cross bars 13 are disconnected from the pins 15 and turned to lie along the flanges 4 of the frame bars 1. These bars are then drawn together so that the leg structures fit in close contact as shown in Fig. 5. It will be noted in Fig. 4 that these cross bars 13 fit in the angle formed by the top flanges of the frame bars and do not project above the outside edges of these frame members. 1 These may then be turned upwardly so that they fit in the channel formed by the two angle frame bars 1; thus making a structure similar to that illustrated in Fig. 7, showing the folded frame bars with the legs in the inverted position. This frame bar with the legs folded is then fitted in the rolled table top or the table top rolled thereabouts forming a compact bundle as illustrated in Fig. 9. r

As shown in Fig. -'T,'the side bars with the legs form a rectangular structure. The bent over end flanges 21 form end closure for these side bars. The top as above mentioned is secured by tapes, webs, wires or other flexible fastening and may be wrapped around the folded frame bars when in the position illus tratedin Fig. 7. v v

It is. obvious that my invention may be considerably modified to form different types of tables and may have different shaped frame bars, legs, etc. Such changes, however, would be within the spirit of my invention as set forth in'the description, drawings and claims.

Havingdescribed my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a camp table, a pair of frame bars ormed of angles having flanges at an acute angle to each other, legs formed of channels, the channels being warped at the upper end 'With a wider flange on one side than on the other, pivot pins extending through the wide flange of the legs and the flange of the frame bars, the legs being crossed and having pins through the web of the'channels, means connected to the legs and to the frame bars to hold same in a vertical position, and means connected to the frame bars to hold the frame bars an adjusted distance apart.

2. In a camp table, a pair of angular frame bars having a long and a short flange at an acute angle to each other, two pairs of legs eachofthelegsbeingformed of a channel with the webs connected by a pivot pin, the upper ends of the channels being warped and having one flange wider than the other, pivot pins extending through the wide flange of each leg and being connected to the wide flange of the frame bars, the warped parts of the legs fitting together when the frame bars are folded against each other and the legs being foldable between the wide flanges of the frame'bars, a plurality of cross bars each bar being pivoted to one of the frame barsand connected to the other frame bar adapted to hold same an adjusted distance apart, and a diagonal brace connecting each pair of legs to one of the frame bars.

3. In a camp table, a pair of angular frame bars having inturned and downturned flanges forming acute angles with each other, crossed legs pivotally connected by pivot pins to one of the flanges, means on the frame bars to retain the same an adjusted distance apart, and means associated with the frame bars to hold the legs in a vertical position, said legs being housed in the angle of the frame bars when same are folded together. 7 I

4. A folding table comprising a pair of parallel rails each having a longitudinally extending cavity at one side and arranged to be horizontally disposed, legs pivoted directly to each of said rails adjacent corresponding ends thereof and to each other and arranged cavities, rigid cross members disposable to connect said rails to hold them operatively spaced, said cross member being pivotally fixed to one of said rails, and a flexible top supported on said cross members and arranged to extend from one rail to the other.

6. Ina folding table, a pair of rails arranged in the operative position'of the table to be disposed in spaced relation, each ofsaid rails comprising angularly related integrally connected plates definingcavities and one of the plates of each rail being arranged to lie above the other in a horizontal plane and extend inwardly in coplanar relation with the corresponding plate of the other rail, pairs'of legs at opposite ends of the rails pivoted to each other and to the rails about transversely related axes, said rails being arranged in the folded position of the table to lie together whereby said cavities are combined to define a single cavity into which said pairs of legs my be swung.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification.

HUGH B. SMITH. 

